The "Uber" Command: Modern Air/Naval Ops Thread

[GDS_Starfury]

the idea of a gatling howitzer is a lot more gooder.  ;)

[GDS_Starfury]

this thought just crossed my mind.
is there a way to model the USAF 747 airborne laser?

[Baloogan]

http://wiki.baloogancampaign.com/index.php/DataAircraft?ID=718

I also shot down some ICBMs during one of my episodes with this. :)

[GDS_Starfury]

this is pretty much the first game Im getting when my dead pc is rebuilt.  good show!

[mikeck]

By the way, if you were looking for a good book to go along with your command air and naval gameplaying experience I highly recommend Arclight. It starts out with a brief nuclear exchange between United States and Russia around 1996...which is limited but it then turns into a series of conventional military attacks between the two countries around the world

[Kushan]

By the way, if you were looking for a good book to go along with your command air and naval gameplaying experience I highly recommend Arclight. It starts out with a brief nuclear exchange between United States and Russia around 1996...which is limited but it then turns into a series of conventional military attacks between the two countries around the world

Thanks mikeck. Picked it up yesterday afternoon when I got home form work and haven't been able to put it down. According to my kindle I have about 15% of the book left.

[mikeck]

It's a good one. I plan on starting "Armageddons song" trilogy next then black effect

Unfortunately, there just are not a whole lot of modern techno-war thrillers with a lot of naval action outide of Red Storm rising. I am enjoying arclight because although there is some questionable editing (like one character complaining that Army personnel are too undisciplined to fire an m-16 on single shot so they fire full auto ... Ignoring that the M-16a2 used at that time didn't fire full auto and that army infantry are perfectly capable of firing single shots) the book does an interesting job describing the challenges of fighting a conventional was after a nuclear exchange.

[Airborne Rifles]

The Black Effect was good.  Not a lot of naval combat though.

[undercovergeek]

It's a good one. I plan on starting "Armageddons song" trilogy next then black effect

Unfortunately, there just are not a whole lot of modern techno-war thrillers with a lot of naval action outide of Red Storm rising. I am enjoying arclight because although there is some questionable editing (like one character complaining that Army personnel are too undisciplined to fire an m-16 on single shot so they fire full auto ... Ignoring that the M-16a2 used at that time didn't fire full auto and that army infantry are perfectly capable of firing single shots) the book does an interesting job describing the challenges of fighting a conventional was after a nuclear exchange.

bought on amazon to inspire creating some similar scenarios in the game

[mikeck]

Links to my database viewer :D

have you put together like a US Nimitz class carrier that already has all of the aircraft on it? I see you to have the ship itself with all the sensors but what I'm trying to avoid is having to put together a aircraft battle group and having to put each and every aircraft on the ship has an hourly been done somewhere that you know of?

I want to throw together a Nimitz class ship, Ticonderoga's and a submarine but trying to find out how many of each type of aircraft go on the ship is just a pain...would be easier if I could just going to the database pick a ship pick a Ticonderoga pick a carrier and place them on the map in the same way that I grab a "base" and place it on the map (already included SAMs and such)

Kushan has done all that for us! :) http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=3466348

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I saw that. But didn't think it included aircraft

[Kushan]

Links to my database viewer :D

have you put together like a US Nimitz class carrier that already has all of the aircraft on it? I see you to have the ship itself with all the sensors but what I'm trying to avoid is having to put together a aircraft battle group and having to put each and every aircraft on the ship has an hourly been done somewhere that you know of?

I want to throw together a Nimitz class ship, Ticonderoga's and a submarine but trying to find out how many of each type of aircraft go on the ship is just a pain...would be easier if I could just going to the database pick a ship pick a Ticonderoga pick a carrier and place them on the map in the same way that I grab a "base" and place it on the map (already included SAMs and such)

Kushan has done all that for us! :) http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=3466348

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I saw that. But didn't think it included aircraft

It include the carrier, it's air wing, and it's escorting cruisers and destroyer squadron.

[mikeck]

Links to my database viewer :D

have you put together like a US Nimitz class carrier that already has all of the aircraft on it? I see you to have the ship itself with all the sensors but what I'm trying to avoid is having to put together a aircraft battle group and having to put each and every aircraft on the ship has an hourly been done somewhere that you know of?

I want to throw together a Nimitz class ship, Ticonderoga's and a submarine but trying to find out how many of each type of aircraft go on the ship is just a pain...would be easier if I could just going to the database pick a ship pick a Ticonderoga pick a carrier and place them on the map in the same way that I grab a "base" and place it on the map (already included SAMs and such)

Kushan has done all that for us! :) http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=3466348

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I saw that. But didn't think it included aircraft

It include the carrier, it's air wing, and it's escorting cruisers and destroyer squadron.

Awesome!!! Well done... Of I go

[mikeck]

Kushan, I downloaded your set up battle groups but can't figure out how to get them onto the map for my scenario. Here is my post at matrix:

Ok, I'm confused. I placed the file where it supposed to go when I create a new scenario is when I am running into problems. Normally if I want to place a ship on the map I simply click on editor then go down to "add unit" go to whatever type of unit I want, select it, and then click on the map and it appears at that location, However with the carrier battle groups I have to click on editor, drop down to "import export" highlight that and then import the carrier battle group. I find it and I selected and it says "successfully imported" but it doesn't appear on the scenario map...so my question is how do I get that successfully imported carrier battle group to appear somewhere on the map?

I don't see anything that allows me to select it and place it off the coast of Iceland or wherever my hypothetical scenarios is whereas with individual ships, I just "add unit", "select unit" and click on the map.

(in reply to trismidt)

[Kushan]

Kushan, I downloaded your set up battle groups but can't figure out how to get them onto the map for my scenario. Here is my post at matrix:

Ok, I'm confused. I placed the file where it supposed to go when I create a new scenario is when I am running into problems. Normally if I want to place a ship on the map I simply click on editor then go down to "add unit" go to whatever type of unit I want, select it, and then click on the map and it appears at that location, However with the carrier battle groups I have to click on editor, drop down to "import export" highlight that and then import the carrier battle group. I find it and I selected and it says "successfully imported" but it doesn't appear on the scenario map...so my question is how do I get that successfully imported carrier battle group to appear somewhere on the map?

I don't see anything that allows me to select it and place it off the coast of Iceland or wherever my hypothetical scenarios is whereas with individual ships, I just "add unit", "select unit" and click on the map.

(in reply to trismidt)

In order to use an import file, you need to go to the editor drop down menu, import/export units tab, and select load uits/groups from file. Unlike normal ships/aircraft/facility placement, imports are not placed like normal units. They get dropped in wherever the person who created it had it set up to. The carrier will get dropped in near the carrier current homeport. You can use the move command ("m" key) to move it anywhere you like after that.

[mikeck]

Ok, so if I select the Nimitz battle group and import it, it will appear at the Norfolk naval air station. Do i have to have placed the Norfolk naval base on the map to begin with?